The former coach of Argentina and former coach of FC Barcelona César Luis Menottiworld champion with the ‘Albiceleste’ in 1978, received a medical discharge this Wednesday after being hospitalized in Buenos Aires since March 30 due to severe anemia.
As reported by the director of the National Teams of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to the TN television channel, the former coach left the Agote Sanatorium, in Buenos Aires, heading to his home. Menotti, 85, was admitted on Saturday, March 30, with severe anemia, which became more complicated as the days went by, so he had to remain hospitalized while he underwent several studies.
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‘Flaco’, a great supporter – along with the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia – of Lionel Scaloni as Argentina coach, suffered a fall at his home last August, which caused internal bleeding, for which he was hospitalized. Previously, he also had health problems that prevented him from traveling to the World Cup in Qatar, where in December 2022 Argentina won its third star.
A few weeks ago he spoke on the radio
The current director of the AFA National Teams made his last intervention in the media weeks ago, when he spoke with Radio Splendid about various issues surrounding legendary football figures, such as Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’ or Diego Armando Maradona.
“There is one who cannot be compared, it is impossible. There is one who, if he played today, would win the games on his own, which is Pelé. Then we have Diego, (Johan) Cruyff, (Alfredo) Di Stefano and now Messi, but Pelé was another thing,” Menotti declared.
